Guilty Plea Entered By Ex-F.B.I. Agent

Published: June 24, 2005

A former agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation pleaded guilty yesterday to obstruction of justice, saying she had provided confidential government information to another former F.B.I. agent who has been convicted of racketeering, securities fraud and other charges.

Lynn Wingate, 37, pleaded guilty yesterday in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. She was a colleague and romantic companion of a former F.B.I. agent, Jeffrey A. Royer of Gallup, N.M., who was convicted in January of leaking details of F.B.I. investigations and executives' criminal histories to a San Diego stock picker, Anthony Elgindy. Mr. Elgindy was convicted of racketeering, securities fraud and extortion at the same trial.

Ms. Wingate told Judge Raymond J. Dearie of Federal District Court that she had given Mr. Royer information from F.B.I. computers about the investigation that eventually led to Mr. Royer's arrest.